17 nov 2013
Israeli warplanes intensified flights over the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning and flew at low altitudes. A field observer said that Israeli F-16s flew over Gaza city and other cities in the besieged enclave, adding that they disturbed the population.
The Gaza Strip is currently marking the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion of the enclave known as Pillar of Cloud that killed 190 Palestinians and wounded about 1,500 others
The Gaza Strip is currently marking the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion of the enclave known as Pillar of Cloud that killed 190 Palestinians and wounded about 1,500 others
Confrontations were reported on Sunday morning between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Palestinian students to the east of occupied Jerusalem. Local sources said that IOF soldiers in armored vehicles stormed the area near the separation wall in Abu Dis town and started digging during which they deliberately attacked students of the nearby Quds University and Abu Dis school.
They said that the soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets, sound bombs, and teargas canisters at the students triggering the confrontations, adding that a number of students were treated for gas inhalation.
An eyewitness said that the students torched tires and rolled them toward the soldiers and threw stones and empty bottles at their army vehicles.
They said that the soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets, sound bombs, and teargas canisters at the students triggering the confrontations, adding that a number of students were treated for gas inhalation.
An eyewitness said that the students torched tires and rolled them toward the soldiers and threw stones and empty bottles at their army vehicles.
Demonstration against the occupation, Al Khader, West Bank, 15.11.2013
On Friday Israeli troops shot and injured 17 civilians with so-called 'non-lethal' ammunition. Among those injured were children and journalists, who were present during anti wall and settlements protests that were organized at a number of West Bank communities.
Fourteen residents among them six children and a journalist were injured when troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the northern West Bank village of Kufer Kadum. Troops attacked protesters at the village entrance. All the injured were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli soldiers.
In central West Bank, protests were organized in the villages of Bil’in, al Nabi Saleh and Nil’in. Residents and their international supporters from Bil’in and Nil’in villages managed to reach the Israeli wall before they were attacked by Israeli soldiers.
Meanwhile Israeli troops attacked the protest in al Nabi Saleh before even leaving the village and later invaded residents homes and fired tear gas inside.
Three residents and a journalist were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli troops in the village of Bil’in. In al Nabi Saleh and Nil’in many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation due to Israeli soldiers attack.
Earlier on Friday morning in the central West Bank, local activists managed to demolish parts of the Israeli wall near the village of Bier Nibala. The international court of Justice in 2004 deemed the Israeli wall built around the West Bank as illegal and said that it should be demolished.
Elsewhere, at al Ma’ssara village, Israeli troops stopped the villagers and their supporters at the village entrance then forced them back using rifle buts and batons, no injuries were reported.
On Friday Israeli troops shot and injured 17 civilians with so-called 'non-lethal' ammunition. Among those injured were children and journalists, who were present during anti wall and settlements protests that were organized at a number of West Bank communities.
Fourteen residents among them six children and a journalist were injured when troops attacked the weekly anti wall protest at the northern West Bank village of Kufer Kadum. Troops attacked protesters at the village entrance. All the injured were hit by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli soldiers.
In central West Bank, protests were organized in the villages of Bil’in, al Nabi Saleh and Nil’in. Residents and their international supporters from Bil’in and Nil’in villages managed to reach the Israeli wall before they were attacked by Israeli soldiers.
Meanwhile Israeli troops attacked the protest in al Nabi Saleh before even leaving the village and later invaded residents homes and fired tear gas inside.
Three residents and a journalist were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli troops in the village of Bil’in. In al Nabi Saleh and Nil’in many were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation due to Israeli soldiers attack.
Earlier on Friday morning in the central West Bank, local activists managed to demolish parts of the Israeli wall near the village of Bier Nibala. The international court of Justice in 2004 deemed the Israeli wall built around the West Bank as illegal and said that it should be demolished.
Elsewhere, at al Ma’ssara village, Israeli troops stopped the villagers and their supporters at the village entrance then forced them back using rifle buts and batons, no injuries were reported.
16 nov 2013
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) physically assaulted on Friday a Palestinian family after raiding its home in Al-Aroub refugee camp in Al-Khalil city and clashed with young men in different areas of the city. Red Crescent sources in Al-Aroub refugee camp said that a Palestinian citizen named Mohamed Abu Dawoud was transferred along with his wife and children to Al-Khalil hospital after they were all violently beaten by Israeli soldiers during a raid on their home.
The sources noted that the IOF soldiers almost on a daily basis storm the house of this family, occupy its roof and fire tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinian passersby.
The sources also affirmed that IOF attacked other Palestinian families during its campaign in the camp and intensively fired tear gas grenades at them causing many of them, especially women and children, to suffocate.
Several young men also suffered rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes in the camp.
Similar clashes erupted at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp and in the towns of Beit Ummar and Tabaka, and Khursa as well as on Shalala street in central Al-Khalil.
On the same day, two young men were kidnapped from their homes during IOF raids in Yatta town.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jewish settlers under military and police protection rallied on Friday morning at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, chanting racist slurs and slogans against the Arabs.
In a separate incident, the IOF reportedly kidnapped four Palestinian citizens in Arqa village, west of Jenin city.
Eyewitnesses said that the four citizens were walking near the segregation wall en route to their homes when an Israeli military patrol physically assaulted them and took them to Salem military post to the north of Jenin.
The detainees were identified as Hasan Hakam, 20, Ala Bassam, 20, Karem Amin, 18, and Nasim Mahmoud, 25.
The sources noted that the IOF soldiers almost on a daily basis storm the house of this family, occupy its roof and fire tear gas grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinian passersby.
The sources also affirmed that IOF attacked other Palestinian families during its campaign in the camp and intensively fired tear gas grenades at them causing many of them, especially women and children, to suffocate.
Several young men also suffered rubber bullet injuries during violent clashes in the camp.
Similar clashes erupted at the entrance to Al-Fawwar refugee camp and in the towns of Beit Ummar and Tabaka, and Khursa as well as on Shalala street in central Al-Khalil.
On the same day, two young men were kidnapped from their homes during IOF raids in Yatta town.
Meanwhile, dozens of Jewish settlers under military and police protection rallied on Friday morning at the entrance to Beit Ummar town, chanting racist slurs and slogans against the Arabs.
In a separate incident, the IOF reportedly kidnapped four Palestinian citizens in Arqa village, west of Jenin city.
Eyewitnesses said that the four citizens were walking near the segregation wall en route to their homes when an Israeli military patrol physically assaulted them and took them to Salem military post to the north of Jenin.
The detainees were identified as Hasan Hakam, 20, Ala Bassam, 20, Karem Amin, 18, and Nasim Mahmoud, 25.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that several residents have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The sources said that several residents were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in the center of Hebron, and in the Al-Arroub and Al-Fawwar refugee camps.
Local sources said that dozens of soldiers tried to invade the Al-Arab refugee camp, and clashed with dozens of youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Medical sources said that members of the Abu Daoud family in the camp were moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital after suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation while in their own home.
The army also targeted a number of homes in Hebron and in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
The sources said that several residents were shot with rubber-coated metal bullets, while others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in the center of Hebron, and in the Al-Arroub and Al-Fawwar refugee camps.
Local sources said that dozens of soldiers tried to invade the Al-Arab refugee camp, and clashed with dozens of youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at them.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Medical sources said that members of the Abu Daoud family in the camp were moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital after suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation while in their own home.
The army also targeted a number of homes in Hebron and in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them.
Activists Remove Settlers’ Tent Near Bethlehem [Friday Evening November 15, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped four Palestinian youths in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, shot and injured three near Abu Dis and Al-‘Ezariyya, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Local sources in Jenin have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Palestinian orchards in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin, violently attacked several Palestinians working on their lands close to the Annexation Wall, and kidnapped four.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Ala Bassam Abed Yahia, 20, Karem Amin Hammad, 18, Naseem Mahmoud Waked, 25, Hasan Hakam Yahia, 20.
The orchards where the attack took place are close to the Shakid settlement, built on privately owned Palestinian property.
Furthermore, three Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Ras Qabsa area, between Abu Dis and Al-‘Ezariyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee in Al-‘Ezariyya Farid Za’rour told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the invasion took place as the residents were holding a nonviolent ceremony commemorating late President Yasser Arafat.
Za’rour added that the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and glass bullets, in addition to firing dozens of gas bombs.
Three young men were moved to the medical center in Al-’Ezariyya; two of them were shot with live rounds, while the third was shot by a glass bullet.
Furthermore, fire broke out in a balcony window of an adjacent home after a gas bomb was fired at it; the family managed to extinguish the fire before it spread out.
In Bethlehem, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem Mohammad Breijiyya stated that dozens of local nonviolent activists managed to remove a tent installed by extremist Israeli settlers at the western entrance of Teqoua’ village, near Bethlehem.
The Palestinians removed the tent and raised a Palestinian flag in its place. The settlers installed their tent a few days ago in an attempt to create a new illegal settlement outpost.
Local sources in Jenin have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Palestinian orchards in the Al-‘Arqa village, west of Jenin, violently attacked several Palestinians working on their lands close to the Annexation Wall, and kidnapped four.
The kidnapped have been identified as ‘Ala Bassam Abed Yahia, 20, Karem Amin Hammad, 18, Naseem Mahmoud Waked, 25, Hasan Hakam Yahia, 20.
The orchards where the attack took place are close to the Shakid settlement, built on privately owned Palestinian property.
Furthermore, three Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Ras Qabsa area, between Abu Dis and Al-‘Ezariyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee in Al-‘Ezariyya Farid Za’rour told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the invasion took place as the residents were holding a nonviolent ceremony commemorating late President Yasser Arafat.
Za’rour added that the soldiers fired rounds of live ammunition, gas bombs and glass bullets, in addition to firing dozens of gas bombs.
Three young men were moved to the medical center in Al-’Ezariyya; two of them were shot with live rounds, while the third was shot by a glass bullet.
Furthermore, fire broke out in a balcony window of an adjacent home after a gas bomb was fired at it; the family managed to extinguish the fire before it spread out.
In Bethlehem, spokesperson of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem Mohammad Breijiyya stated that dozens of local nonviolent activists managed to remove a tent installed by extremist Israeli settlers at the western entrance of Teqoua’ village, near Bethlehem.
The Palestinians removed the tent and raised a Palestinian flag in its place. The settlers installed their tent a few days ago in an attempt to create a new illegal settlement outpost.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday violently attacked and clashed with Palestinian and foreign activists protesting Israel's settlement and Judaization activities in the occupied West Bank areas. Several protestors got injured yesterday in the violent clashes that broke out in the West Bank villages of Bil'in, Ni'lin, Kafr Qaddum and Nabi Saleh as well as other occupied areas.
Six members of the same family suffered severe tear gas suffocation and four children aged five to eight years old were also detained by the IOF for several hours in Kafr Qaddum village, where the weekly march against settlement activity took place.
The IOF also clashed with young men in Masarah area and Shalala street in Al-Khalil and Beit Ummar town, and wounded several of them.
The intifada youth coalition in the West Bank had previously urged the Palestinian young men to actively participate in the Friday marches against settlement activities and resist any suppression by the IOF.
Six members of the same family suffered severe tear gas suffocation and four children aged five to eight years old were also detained by the IOF for several hours in Kafr Qaddum village, where the weekly march against settlement activity took place.
The IOF also clashed with young men in Masarah area and Shalala street in Al-Khalil and Beit Ummar town, and wounded several of them.
The intifada youth coalition in the West Bank had previously urged the Palestinian young men to actively participate in the Friday marches against settlement activities and resist any suppression by the IOF.
Inhabitants of Jenin city and its refugee camp have received threat messages over the past couple of days from Jewish settlers. Local sources told the PIC reporter on Saturday that settlers sent random messages to citizens and young men in Jenin city and refugee camp saying that they will pay the price for the killing of an Israeli soldier at the hands of a youngster from Jenin a few days ago.
They quoted some of those messages as saying that Jenin had turned into “a den for terrorists and killers” and others saying “death to Palestinians” and “we will teach you a lesson”.
The sources noted that the threats coincided with a ferocious campaign against workers from Jenin who were subjected to beatings, insults, and arrests for working in 1948 occupied Palestine without permit.
A Jewish gang had torched a Palestinian house in Sinjil village, near Ramallah, a couple of days earlier and left behind racist slurs and graffiti calling for revenge for the death of the soldier.
Local sources said on Thursday that the fire caused severe suffocation for five citizens as a result of smoke inhalation other than a big damage to the house.
They quoted some of those messages as saying that Jenin had turned into “a den for terrorists and killers” and others saying “death to Palestinians” and “we will teach you a lesson”.
The sources noted that the threats coincided with a ferocious campaign against workers from Jenin who were subjected to beatings, insults, and arrests for working in 1948 occupied Palestine without permit.
A Jewish gang had torched a Palestinian house in Sinjil village, near Ramallah, a couple of days earlier and left behind racist slurs and graffiti calling for revenge for the death of the soldier.
Local sources said on Thursday that the fire caused severe suffocation for five citizens as a result of smoke inhalation other than a big damage to the house.
15 nov 2013
Thursday evening November 14, 2013, Palestinian sources have reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out two separate airstrikes targeting what appeared to be open areas in Gaza city and Beit Hanoun. The sources said that an Israeli F16 jet fired missiles targeting al vacant land in the Az-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, causing fires but no casualties.
The Air Force also fired missiles into a vacant area east of Beit Hanoun city in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said that F-16 jets were seen flying over different parts of the coastal region.
The Israeli military said the attacks targeted launching pads used by Palestinian gunmen in firing homemade shells into adjacent Israeli areas.
It added that Palestinian fighters fired, on Thursday morning, two mortars targeting Israeli soldiers operating along the border with Gaza, causing no damage or injuries.
The Air Force also fired missiles into a vacant area east of Beit Hanoun city in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said that F-16 jets were seen flying over different parts of the coastal region.
The Israeli military said the attacks targeted launching pads used by Palestinian gunmen in firing homemade shells into adjacent Israeli areas.
It added that Palestinian fighters fired, on Thursday morning, two mortars targeting Israeli soldiers operating along the border with Gaza, causing no damage or injuries.
14 nov 2013
A number of extremist Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed Palestinians lands near the Samaria highway in the village of Bruqin in the central West Bank district of Salfit. Head of the Bruqin village council, Lawyer Nafeth Barakat stated that a number of residents saw the settlers parked near the lands before dumping toxins in the al-Baq’an area in the village.
He said that the toxins, mainly whitish and slimy with heavy toxic smell, were dumped only a 150 meters away from Palestinian homes, so the residents contacted the Palestinian police who in turn called experts to examine the dumped materials.
Barkat stated that the toxins led to the death of ten sheep that belong to a local farmer identified as Mohammad Samara.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Ma’aly stated that there are dozens of small and large factories produce toxins in the industrial Ariel settlement, and Burkan settlement, surrounding the village.
Those settlements frequently flood Palestinian lands with wastewater in Salfit area, Bruqin and Kufr Ad-Deek.
Ma’aly added that those factories are also causing air pollution in the area.
He called on the international and local human rights and legal groups to intervene, and visit the area to observe the damage the toxins cause, and the Israeli ongoing attacks and violations.
He said that the toxins, mainly whitish and slimy with heavy toxic smell, were dumped only a 150 meters away from Palestinian homes, so the residents contacted the Palestinian police who in turn called experts to examine the dumped materials.
Barkat stated that the toxins led to the death of ten sheep that belong to a local farmer identified as Mohammad Samara.
Palestinian researcher Khaled Ma’aly stated that there are dozens of small and large factories produce toxins in the industrial Ariel settlement, and Burkan settlement, surrounding the village.
Those settlements frequently flood Palestinian lands with wastewater in Salfit area, Bruqin and Kufr Ad-Deek.
Ma’aly added that those factories are also causing air pollution in the area.
He called on the international and local human rights and legal groups to intervene, and visit the area to observe the damage the toxins cause, and the Israeli ongoing attacks and violations.
Palestinian sources in the city of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, said that large Israeli military forces stormed on Wednesday afternoon the of town Bir Basha south of the city and arrested two Palestinians. The sources said that the detainees are the brother and a friend of the Palestinian teenager Hussein Ghawadra suspected of stabbing an Israeli soldier to death on Wednesday in Afula.
A large Israeli military force raided the home of the 16-year-old boy. They beat his father, and then arrested his elder brother Mutasem and his friend Jamil Ghawadra.
"At midnight an Israeli force stormed our house, and wreaked havoc in it. They destroyed the windows and the doors. They removed the water tanks, and detained my son Mutasem, who is a university student. They also detained Hussein's friend, Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra and assaulted my wife, my son Tawfiq, and I", Ghawadra's father said.
He added that the forces also threatened to demolish their home, and asked them to remove all of their furniture from the house.
Intelligence officers interrogated the father about Hussein's life and his motivations for stabbing an Israeli soldier.
Israeli sources said the boy Hussein confessed during the interrogation that he stabbed the soldier in the morning in the central bus station in Afula, in revenge for the imprisonment of two of his relatives in Israeli jails.
They said the soldier Eden Atias, aged 19, is one of the settlers living in Natsrat Illit settlement established on lands of the city of Nazareth, in northern 1948-occupied Palestine.
A large Israeli military force raided the home of the 16-year-old boy. They beat his father, and then arrested his elder brother Mutasem and his friend Jamil Ghawadra.
"At midnight an Israeli force stormed our house, and wreaked havoc in it. They destroyed the windows and the doors. They removed the water tanks, and detained my son Mutasem, who is a university student. They also detained Hussein's friend, Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra and assaulted my wife, my son Tawfiq, and I", Ghawadra's father said.
He added that the forces also threatened to demolish their home, and asked them to remove all of their furniture from the house.
Intelligence officers interrogated the father about Hussein's life and his motivations for stabbing an Israeli soldier.
Israeli sources said the boy Hussein confessed during the interrogation that he stabbed the soldier in the morning in the central bus station in Afula, in revenge for the imprisonment of two of his relatives in Israeli jails.
They said the soldier Eden Atias, aged 19, is one of the settlers living in Natsrat Illit settlement established on lands of the city of Nazareth, in northern 1948-occupied Palestine.
Settlers Burn Home Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded the Ath-Thaheriyya and Deir Samet towns, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Two more Palestinians were kidnapped near Jenin.
Local sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 10 Palestinians including four brothers.
The kidnapped residents have been identified as Osama, Raed, Ala’ and Adel Mohammad An-Najjar, in addition to Riyadh Mohammad Al-Battat, Madeen Al-Ka’ky, Ibrahim Makhazra, Mahmoud Roweidat, Fayez Rabba’ and Mohyee Al-Battat.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded Deir Samet village, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including two brothers. The kidnapped have been identified as Luay and Odai Samir Masalma, and Yousef Rasmy Masalma.
In related news, soldiers invaded the Be’er A-Basha village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Mo’tasem Sharif Ghawadra, the brother of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in Al-‘Affoula.
The father, Sharif, said that dozens of soldiers violently broke into the home at midnight and hurled a sound grenade in the house.
Israeli soldiers invaded the Ath-Thaheriyya and Deir Samet towns, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped 13 Palestinians. Two more Palestinians were kidnapped near Jenin.
Local sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, broke into and searched dozens of homes, and kidnapped 10 Palestinians including four brothers.
The kidnapped residents have been identified as Osama, Raed, Ala’ and Adel Mohammad An-Najjar, in addition to Riyadh Mohammad Al-Battat, Madeen Al-Ka’ky, Ibrahim Makhazra, Mahmoud Roweidat, Fayez Rabba’ and Mohyee Al-Battat.
Furthermore, soldiers invaded Deir Samet village, southwest of Hebron, and kidnapped three Palestinians, including two brothers. The kidnapped have been identified as Luay and Odai Samir Masalma, and Yousef Rasmy Masalma.
In related news, soldiers invaded the Be’er A-Basha village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and kidnapped Mo’tasem Sharif Ghawadra, the brother of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in Al-‘Affoula.
The father, Sharif, said that dozens of soldiers violently broke into the home at midnight and hurled a sound grenade in the house.
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He added that the soldiers violently searched the property, and assaulted his family, adding that serious damage to windows, doors and closets resulted from the Israeli military attack.
Sharif further stated that soldiers violently assaulted him, his wife and his son, Tawfiq, and kidnapped Jamil Mohammad Ghawadra, 16 years of age, who was staying over. The Israeli army claimed that the arrests are connected to the death of an Israeli soldier who was stabbed on Wednesday in Al-‘Affoula, and said that the kidnapped wrote graffiti containing the name of the soldier in the village. |
In related news, a number of fundamentalist Israeli settlers burnt, late on Wednesday at night, a Palestinian home in Sinjel village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wounding five family members.
Medical sources said that the wounded residents were moved to the Ramallah Governmental Hospital suffering mild injuries.
Medical sources said that the wounded residents were moved to the Ramallah Governmental Hospital suffering mild injuries.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) entered southern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning and bulldozed land east of Khuza’a town to the east of Khan Younis city. Local sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers escorted six bulldozers two hundred meters to the east of the town and started bulldozing cultivated land lots.
They said that IOF units had advanced into the same area on Wednesday morning for similar bulldozing of agricultural land, adding that reconnaissance planes were all the time hovering over the town and its vicinity.
Israeli tanks, bulldozers enter Gaza Strip, are met with mortar fire
Israeli military vehicles penetrated into the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, witnesses said, while the Palestinian resistance fired mortar shells in response without causing any casualties. "Six military bulldozers accompanied by several tanks incurred about 200 meters from the border into farmland, as helicopters and spy planes circled above near the village of Khuzaa," east of the town of Khan Yunis, the witnesses said.
"Resistance fighters fired several mortar rounds at the Israeli forces and explosions were heard in the area," they added.
Similar incursions take place almost on a daily basis in the eastern and northern borders of the Gaza Strip in clear violation of the cease-fire- agreement that Israel signed with the Palestinian resistance brokered by Egypt in Cairo in the last November.
They said that IOF units had advanced into the same area on Wednesday morning for similar bulldozing of agricultural land, adding that reconnaissance planes were all the time hovering over the town and its vicinity.
Israeli tanks, bulldozers enter Gaza Strip, are met with mortar fire
Israeli military vehicles penetrated into the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, witnesses said, while the Palestinian resistance fired mortar shells in response without causing any casualties. "Six military bulldozers accompanied by several tanks incurred about 200 meters from the border into farmland, as helicopters and spy planes circled above near the village of Khuzaa," east of the town of Khan Yunis, the witnesses said.
"Resistance fighters fired several mortar rounds at the Israeli forces and explosions were heard in the area," they added.
Similar incursions take place almost on a daily basis in the eastern and northern borders of the Gaza Strip in clear violation of the cease-fire- agreement that Israel signed with the Palestinian resistance brokered by Egypt in Cairo in the last November.
Violent confrontations were reported in Silwad village, east of Ramallah, after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed it afternoon Wednesday. Local sources said that the soldiers closed shops and beat up a Palestinian minor in one of the small groceries, adding that he was hospitalized.
They said that another citizen suffered breathing difficulty due to the IOF use of teargas grenades and was taken to a clinic in the town.
The sources said that the raiding soldiers arrested Saleh Al-Natur in an ambush during the confrontations. The PIC reporter said that the soldiers closed all entrances to the village and set up roadblocks that blocked entry of inhabitants back to their homes.
The soldiers used live and rubber bullets in the confrontations along with teargas canisters and fired at citizens’ homes, the sources said.
They said that another citizen suffered breathing difficulty due to the IOF use of teargas grenades and was taken to a clinic in the town.
The sources said that the raiding soldiers arrested Saleh Al-Natur in an ambush during the confrontations. The PIC reporter said that the soldiers closed all entrances to the village and set up roadblocks that blocked entry of inhabitants back to their homes.
The soldiers used live and rubber bullets in the confrontations along with teargas canisters and fired at citizens’ homes, the sources said.
A 24-year-old Palestinian farmer was shot in the chest while working in his farm near the border fence in central Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that the young man, Mahmoud Al-Munefi, was working in a hothouse in Masdar village when Israeli occupation forces fired at him.
Medical sources in Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital described Munefi’s wounds as moderate, adding that he was transferred to Shifa hospital in Gaza city.
Medical sources in Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital described Munefi’s wounds as moderate, adding that he was transferred to Shifa hospital in Gaza city.
13 nov 2013
Israeli soldiers were caught on tape violently attacked a Palestinian woman at the Za’tara roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the resident who documented the attack said that, as he was trying to cross the roadblock, he noticed Israeli soldiers shouting at the young woman, cursing at her, and threw her onto the ground.
After violently attacking her, the soldiers cuffed her and placed her in a police vehicle that initially took her to an unknown destination. She has been identified as We’am Samid Aseeda, 22, from Tal village, south of Nablus.
Her father said that he only knew about her arrest after receiving a phone call from a Palestinian lawyer who informed him his daughter was moved to the HaSharon Prison.
The Israeli army alleges that Aseeda attempted to stab an Israeli soldier on the roadblock.
The army initially moved her to the Ariel police station in Ariel settlement bloc, in the northern part of the West Bank.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the resident who documented the attack said that, as he was trying to cross the roadblock, he noticed Israeli soldiers shouting at the young woman, cursing at her, and threw her onto the ground.
After violently attacking her, the soldiers cuffed her and placed her in a police vehicle that initially took her to an unknown destination. She has been identified as We’am Samid Aseeda, 22, from Tal village, south of Nablus.
Her father said that he only knew about her arrest after receiving a phone call from a Palestinian lawyer who informed him his daughter was moved to the HaSharon Prison.
The Israeli army alleges that Aseeda attempted to stab an Israeli soldier on the roadblock.
The army initially moved her to the Ariel police station in Ariel settlement bloc, in the northern part of the West Bank.
A Palestinian man identified as Kamel Basseela, 48 years of age, was seriously injured after two Israeli extremists dropped a stone on him as he was heading to work in occupied Jerusalem. The wounded man was moved to surgery suffering fractures in his spine, and a ruptured artery.
The extremists attacked Basseela on Wednesday as he was walking near the Al-Magharba Gate, while heading to work in West Jerusalem.
They dropped a big stone on him from a high altitude hitting him in the back, causing fractures to his spine and chest, while one of his arteries also ruptured due to the attack.
He passed out instantly and was moved to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in West Jerusalem, suffered very serious injuries.
Daoud Baseela, one of his relatives who also witnessed the attack, said that Baseela will also be going through a heart surgery due to his injuries.
He called the police who managed to apprehend one of the assailants while a second extremist fled the scene.
Kamel Baseela is a married father of four children; he is from the Al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
The extremists attacked Basseela on Wednesday as he was walking near the Al-Magharba Gate, while heading to work in West Jerusalem.
They dropped a big stone on him from a high altitude hitting him in the back, causing fractures to his spine and chest, while one of his arteries also ruptured due to the attack.
He passed out instantly and was moved to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in West Jerusalem, suffered very serious injuries.
Daoud Baseela, one of his relatives who also witnessed the attack, said that Baseela will also be going through a heart surgery due to his injuries.
He called the police who managed to apprehend one of the assailants while a second extremist fled the scene.
Kamel Baseela is a married father of four children; he is from the Al-‘Eesawiyya town, in occupied East Jerusalem.
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Israeli military forces have injured a Palestinian man in the besieged Gaza Strip, Press TV reports.
According to the report, the Palestinian man was targeted during an Israeli incursion east of the town of Khan Yunis on Wednesday. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident. Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty. The Israeli forces frequently attack Palestinians in the long-blockaded Gaza Strip for what Tel Aviv calls "defensive" measures. |
On September 30, Israeli forces opened fire on two Palestinians in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, killing one and wounding the other.
Meanwhile, Israeli regime forces launch incursions into the West Bank on an almost daily basis, regularly attacking the houses of Palestinians in the occupied territories and arresting activists and civilians, mostly without any charges.
On November 7, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops at a junction in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
On October 22, clashes broke out between scores of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian village of Bil'in, situated 12 kilometers west of the city of Ramallah, over the killing of a Palestinian man, named Yusef Ahmed Radaida.
Israeli soldiers shot dead Radaida on October 17, when the Palestinian man crashed a tractor through the perimeter fence of an Israeli military camp in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
According to Palestinian rights groups, over a dozen Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the first half of 2013. Israeli troops also seized nearly 1,800 Palestinians, including women and children, during the same period.
Meanwhile, Israeli regime forces launch incursions into the West Bank on an almost daily basis, regularly attacking the houses of Palestinians in the occupied territories and arresting activists and civilians, mostly without any charges.
On November 7, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli troops at a junction in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
On October 22, clashes broke out between scores of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian village of Bil'in, situated 12 kilometers west of the city of Ramallah, over the killing of a Palestinian man, named Yusef Ahmed Radaida.
Israeli soldiers shot dead Radaida on October 17, when the Palestinian man crashed a tractor through the perimeter fence of an Israeli military camp in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
According to Palestinian rights groups, over a dozen Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the first half of 2013. Israeli troops also seized nearly 1,800 Palestinians, including women and children, during the same period.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning escorting military bulldozers. Security sources told the PIC reporter that six bulldozers advanced into eastern Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis city, and started bulldozing cultivated land lots.
They said that the soldiers fired at nearby citizens’ houses and land while reconnaissance planes flew over the area during the incursion.
Meanwhile, Israeli navy gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Younis and Gaza city but no casualties were reported.
They said that the soldiers fired at nearby citizens’ houses and land while reconnaissance planes flew over the area during the incursion.
Meanwhile, Israeli navy gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Younis and Gaza city but no casualties were reported.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed two villages, south of Jenin, and clashed with citizens in a third village at dawn Wednesday. Local sources said that the soldiers raided Marka and Bir Al-Basha villages and broke into the homes of three liberated prisoners.
They said that the soldiers interrogated the ex-prisoners in their homes and ordered them not to engage in any anti-occupation activity or else they would be re-arrested.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers in a number of armored vehicles raided Seelat Al-Harithiya village, west of Jenin, and clashed with citizens.
Local sources said that the violent confrontations lasted until a late dawn hour on Wednesday and caused suffocation among many citizens due to the IOF excessive use of teargas.
They said that the soldiers interrogated the ex-prisoners in their homes and ordered them not to engage in any anti-occupation activity or else they would be re-arrested.
Meanwhile, IOF soldiers in a number of armored vehicles raided Seelat Al-Harithiya village, west of Jenin, and clashed with citizens.
Local sources said that the violent confrontations lasted until a late dawn hour on Wednesday and caused suffocation among many citizens due to the IOF excessive use of teargas.
12 nov 2013
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed on Tuesday Singer area in Dura south of al-Khalil. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli patrols stormed Singer area and roamed the main street in a state of alert.
Occupation forces also erected a checkpoint near Fawara camp south of al-Khalil, where Israeli soldiers searched Palestinians and their vehicles.
Following the raid, violent clashes have erupted in Khursa village in Dura south of al-Khalil, where dozens of Palestinian youths closed the entrances to the village and threw stones and Molotov cocktails against Israeli soldiers.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets towards the citizens.
Meanwhile, a settler's car was stoned while passing by al-Khalil-Jerusalem Street. Two settlers were slightly injured in the car.
Many suffocations cases were reported when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs after they closed the entrance to Beit Ummar town and erected military checkpoint.
In Arroub Refugee Camp, violent clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths. A Palestinian young man was moderately injured in his head with a tear gas bomb.
In Bab al-Zawya, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers erupted on Tuesday after Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs, causing dozens of suffocation cases among Palestinians who stoned in their turn the Israeli forces.
The clashes have continued for the fifth day in row after the killing of Anas al-Atrash at a military checkpoint.
In the same context, the Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian citizen in al-Khalil after violently raiding and searching his house. A state of panic has prevailed among his children and family members. He was taken blindfolded and shackled to an Israeli interrogation center.
Occupation forces also erected a checkpoint near Fawara camp south of al-Khalil, where Israeli soldiers searched Palestinians and their vehicles.
Following the raid, violent clashes have erupted in Khursa village in Dura south of al-Khalil, where dozens of Palestinian youths closed the entrances to the village and threw stones and Molotov cocktails against Israeli soldiers.
The sources added that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs and rubber-coated metal bullets towards the citizens.
Meanwhile, a settler's car was stoned while passing by al-Khalil-Jerusalem Street. Two settlers were slightly injured in the car.
Many suffocations cases were reported when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas bombs after they closed the entrance to Beit Ummar town and erected military checkpoint.
In Arroub Refugee Camp, violent clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths. A Palestinian young man was moderately injured in his head with a tear gas bomb.
In Bab al-Zawya, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers erupted on Tuesday after Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs, causing dozens of suffocation cases among Palestinians who stoned in their turn the Israeli forces.
The clashes have continued for the fifth day in row after the killing of Anas al-Atrash at a military checkpoint.
In the same context, the Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian citizen in al-Khalil after violently raiding and searching his house. A state of panic has prevailed among his children and family members. He was taken blindfolded and shackled to an Israeli interrogation center.
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Israeli soldiers attacked on Monday [November 11 2013] several Palestinian and visiting Australian journalists visiting the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the visiting journalists wanted to visit the camp to have a clear idea of the suffering of the refugees, and their living conditions.
WAFA added that visiting journalists were documenting clashes between a number of local youths and Israeli soldiers, and that the army deliberately targeted the journalists in an attempt to force them out of the camp.
The army claimed several youths threw stones at Israeli soldiers stationed in the fortified military tower, near the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in the camp.
Talking to the visiting journalists, Mohammad Lufty of the Aida Social Youth Center explained the daily hardships, and Israeli military violations the refugees face.
Israeli soldiers attacked on Monday [November 11 2013] several Palestinian and visiting Australian journalists visiting the Aida refugee camp, north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the visiting journalists wanted to visit the camp to have a clear idea of the suffering of the refugees, and their living conditions.
WAFA added that visiting journalists were documenting clashes between a number of local youths and Israeli soldiers, and that the army deliberately targeted the journalists in an attempt to force them out of the camp.
The army claimed several youths threw stones at Israeli soldiers stationed in the fortified military tower, near the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque in the camp.
Talking to the visiting journalists, Mohammad Lufty of the Aida Social Youth Center explained the daily hardships, and Israeli military violations the refugees face.
11 nov 2013
Violent confrontations took place in Arub refugee camp, north of Al-Khalil, on Monday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas at residential neighborhoods. Local sources said that dozens of IOF soldiers stormed the camp and fired teargas canisters at civilians triggering clashes with young men who threw stones and empty bottles at them.
The sources said that a number of citizens were treated for breathing problems, adding that the soldiers have been raiding the refugee camp on daily basis over the past few days igniting clashes with inhabitants in the morning and at night.
The sources said that a number of citizens were treated for breathing problems, adding that the soldiers have been raiding the refugee camp on daily basis over the past few days igniting clashes with inhabitants in the morning and at night.
Palestinian sources have reported that dozens of soldiers invaded Wadi Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan, and clashed with local youths wounding two, and kidnapped one Palestinian.
The sources said that local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
Head of the Wadi Helweh Information Center Jawad Seyam said that a young Palestinian woman and a young man were injured close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The wounded have been identified as Diana Maragha, 15 years of age, and Baha’ Abu Tayeh.
Furthermore, a bird shop owned by Mousa Kash’am was partially burned in the area due to concussion grenades and gas bombs fired by the soldiers.
Seyam added that the soldiers also fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
On Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded a number of areas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
Also in Bethlehem, dozens of settlers gathered, on Sunday evening, at the western entrance of Teqoua’ town, east of the city, raised Israeli flags and harassed several residents.
Israeli soldiers were deployed in the area but did not attempt to remove the settlers, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Furthermore, soldiers placed a sand hill closing one of the entrances of the Khirbit Ad-Deir in Teqoua’.
The invasion took place amidst escalating attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the residents and their lands, including a recent attack when the settlers closed the western entrance of Teqoua’.
The sources said that local youths hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading soldiers.
Head of the Wadi Helweh Information Center Jawad Seyam said that a young Palestinian woman and a young man were injured close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The wounded have been identified as Diana Maragha, 15 years of age, and Baha’ Abu Tayeh.
Furthermore, a bird shop owned by Mousa Kash’am was partially burned in the area due to concussion grenades and gas bombs fired by the soldiers.
Seyam added that the soldiers also fired rounds of live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and gas bombs.
On Sunday evening and on Monday at dawn, soldiers invaded a number of areas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and kidnapped six Palestinians.
Also in Bethlehem, dozens of settlers gathered, on Sunday evening, at the western entrance of Teqoua’ town, east of the city, raised Israeli flags and harassed several residents.
Israeli soldiers were deployed in the area but did not attempt to remove the settlers, the Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported.
Furthermore, soldiers placed a sand hill closing one of the entrances of the Khirbit Ad-Deir in Teqoua’.
The invasion took place amidst escalating attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the residents and their lands, including a recent attack when the settlers closed the western entrance of Teqoua’.
Large numbers of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided Seelat Al-Harthiya village, west of Jenin, on Monday morning and fired teargas and sound bombs at a school. Local sources said that dozens of students in the secondary school along with teachers and citizens were treated for gas inhalation.
They said that the students and citizens clashed with the soldiers and threw stones at them while the soldiers opened heavy gunfire to disperse the angry crowds.
The soldiers also set up a roadblock at the entrance to the village and provoked passing citizens, the sources said.
They said that the students and citizens clashed with the soldiers and threw stones at them while the soldiers opened heavy gunfire to disperse the angry crowds.
The soldiers also set up a roadblock at the entrance to the village and provoked passing citizens, the sources said.